posted on 2024-06-05, 19:40authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
The contributor’s husband, Leonard Fuller (b. 1925), was in the Home Guard. They had to cover a large area on the downs (Compton), and to help, local farmers would be mounted. Once, a German plane was shot down and locals surrounded the pilot with pitchforks.
During the war, he worked as an agricultural labourer and was excused from military service.
History
Item list and details
1. Home Guard certificate
2. Photo
3. Memoir
Person the story/items relate to
Leonard Fuller
Person who shared the story/items
Evelyn May Fuller
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
Husband
Type of submission
Shared at Theale Library, Berkshire on 14 November 2023.